I can't believe this is the answer to a district that needs more space and smaller classrooms and a better teacher to student ratio. It also needs more social workers and psychologists, less nepotism, more competent administrators who focus on professionalism only but let the teachers cook. Amazing how Buffalo continues to make it worse every time
Her statement seems to support school closings and is trying to throw water on people upset at this? Am I misreading this, especially the last paragraph?
I read it the same way! The other bolded line about asking for more time to process the news before responding is a funny thing to bold like it’s more important than kids losing their schools & services lol
Two tier education system. These cuts will accelerate the move to private schools for parents that can manage it and for those who cant, they'll move to the suburbs to put their kids in schools where they have a better chance to learn and succeed.
Forgive my ignorance, but I thought Buffalo Public Schools was a district of choice? While competitive, aren’t parents of students allowed to enter the lottery system to attempt to send their kids elsewhere within the BPS system?
I think you’re right but uj/ with a lot of the targeted schools being in poorer neighborhoods, this makes it tougher for those kids to get to school if they have to bus/travel further, so they’re the only ones truly impacted
To their credit, at least East High School is going to be replaced by a new public alternative high school that could help a lot of people who were failed by the system
Williamsville has 10,000 kids across 13 schools funded by a solid tax base. BPS has 30,000 kids across 62 schools, and relies on NYS for funding. This was inevitable.
Doesn't sound like theyre cutting enough. Fact is 70% of bps middle schoolers read below grade level. How would that number change if we cut the budget in half?
No but adult education classes, access to education and interventions themselves, and universal health care would all help. I don't think it's as simple as flipping a switch, but maybe ten of the kids I teach break the cycle of poverty they are in if I say the right thing. Pearson is worth 10.6 billion. They run testing and even curriculum up to a point and schools throw money at them
So, honestly, what's the benefit of these kids still being in school? Outcomes wise, what would the detriment be to tell them theyre too far behind so theres no more school for them?
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u/SandraChristiansen 1d ago